Improvement in compounds for graining wood



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM A. WILEY, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT lN COMPOUNDS FOR GRAINING WOOD.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,943, datedSeptember 4, 1877 application filed June 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. WILEY, ofRochester, in the county of Olmsted and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Wood Graining Gompounds; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same. 1

The nature of my invention consists in a compound for graining wood, andin the method of applying the same, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In my process for graining wood, I first make a compound ofcider-vinegar, tincture of squills, and acetic acid, in suitableproportions. Into this compound is dipped a sponge, or a sponge is madeslightly wet with such compound,and the sponge is then touched todrypaint, ofany desired color and quality. This is then rubbed over thearticles to be operated on. Common putty, and oil enough to soften it,are then mixed together, and worked till it is fine and even, and thenrolled into a roll of suitable size. The oil and putty should be of suchproportions, and worked sufficiently, so that it will not stick to thefingers.

With this putty-roll any desired design may then be made upon thearticle previously prepared by the above compound.

This is a very simple and inexpensive method of graining wood in anydesired figures or design. It may be made in imitation of wallpaper, orin any other manner that fancy or taste may dictate.

The proportions of the ingredients of the compound are not necessary togive, as they may anyhow be varied in any desired manner, according tothe kind and quality of dry paint to be used and the wood to be operatedupon, and the quality of work intended to be done.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The compound, herein described, for preparing wood for graining,consisting of cidervinegar, tincture of squills, and acetic acid, andapplied with dry paint, as herein set forth.

2. The method of graining Wood, herein de scribed, by wetting a spongewith a compound of cider-vinegar, tincture of squills, and acetic acid,touching the same to dry paint, and rubbing it over the surface to beoperated on,and then applying a roll of putty worked with oil,substantially as herein setforthu In testimony that I claim the above Ihave hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ALFRED WILEY.

Witnesses:

S. W. EATON, J. M. Hone.

